• Gardner Gawking

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Pan Am Southern (webssite: https://panamsouthern.com ) is jointly-owned by CSX and Norfolk Southern, but operated by Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary Pittsburg & Shawmut dba Berkshire and Eastern,

Moderator: MEC407

  by jaymac
 
0205-0415/09-26-2023 started off -- again -- quiet, possible B&E Dispatcher-side hash coming at 0227. A couple later, a breaking D-2 got on the air with somebody about something at BY. I had gained enough elevation on Rte. 2 WB that the 0242 fulfillment of Form D G201 was clear. A long spell of radio silence now followed.
At 0236, the 333 WLs were dark, likewise the 334s and 335s.
Up Da Hill the 345s were dark, and the yard looked too much as it had on 09-22 and 09-20. Mebbe it was just a case of similar strings of cars. Or mebbe not.
Over at the Wilkins Road dogleg, a closer look was taken than on 09-22. There was a DS trash on 2, anything to the E blocked by a building. Seems a strange place for a set-off/set-out. At 0306, the 346 WL was at Stop, naught visible E.
At 0301, the 333 WLs were dark. The EB staggers for 330 were at Approach, but all else dark, up to and including the EB staggers for Derby at 0340, the tie-and-stone status unchanged just E of the platform.
At 0334, the FI-1/2 parking spot had been MT, " for the W end of East Side, the T coaches continuing to rust in place on the W end of West Side. At 0337, there had been some P&W Road hash, more to follow.
At 0344 and 0344 came Road-side hash, 0350 providing some Dispatcher-side hash. FI-2?
Quiet resumed until 0406 when M427 called out to D-1 x2. I waited in the car for developments only to hear 0407 and 0409 Yard-Channel hash, followed at 0410 by P&W Road tones and more Yard-Channel hash.
0413 started a P&W St. Albans Dispatcher/M427 convo. They wanted to go Barbers to Worcester with the 466 and 389 and 72 cars -- 33x39 -- for 5577 tons and 4432', St. A giving the OK. The crew mentioned their OD time as 0245.
  by jaymac
 
As an update, the last few would-be trips have been cancelled cuzza heavy fog at DEP time cuzza the fondness deer have had for my car. When the atmosphere is less atmospheric, trips will resume.
  by jaymac
 
0205-0405/10-09-2023 started off holiday-quiet, 0230 Dispatcher-side hash that mighta been a 241 being the 1st thing outta the speaker.
6 later, the 333 WLs were dark, as would be the 334s and 335s.
Up by the all-Stops 345 ELs and at 0249, there was more Dispatcher-side hash. There were racks sitting on 2 at the Timpany Boulevard UGB that continued E to the ambulance company and then changed to DS trashes, dark NSs 6965, 9747, and 9627 facing a Medium Clear on the 345 2 WL. There were more DS trashes on 4 in the yard and covered hoppers on 2. Covered hoppers were also on the Yard Lead however far S, so the P&W might gave some dancing to do.
EB at 0302, there was Road-side hash, followed in 2 by more of the same, that followed immediately by Dispatcher-side hash.
At 0307, the 333 WLs were dark, and later, the the EB staggers for 330 were at Approach.
Post refueling-stop (the Cleghorn Cumby's $3.38 for nonmember regular, Main Street/Rte. 13 + $0.18), the 330.8 WBs were dark, " for the 330s and GL WLs. The FG WLs were at Stop cuzza racks on 2 W of the credit union, but not fae enough W to shunt the 330s.
0330 showed DS trashes on the W end of East Side and T coaches on the W end of West Side. 1 track N of the coaches sat -- from W -- NewBlues 5930 and 5943, the latter have a cab roof that was dazzlingly white.
At 0333 came the sole Yard-Channel hash of the trip, brief enough to be spurious. 5 later, the RVJ yard was active, so there was no viewing of the EB staggers for Derby, but ties were visible on top of the stub.
At 0344, more Dispatcher-side hash started, clearing enough to be a partial of a 241 for LO.
A coupla more hashes --Road-side at 0349 and Dispatcher-side at 0353 -- hashes broke out, but at 0357 and while I was in the Rte. 140 slump by the West Boylston/Boylston line, there was extended Dispatcher-side hash, but naught else until 0405 CSX hash.
  by jaymac
 
0205-0405/10-12-2023 started at the start with P&W Road hash, followed at 0211 with P&W St. Albans Dispatcher garble, possible suspect to be mentioned later. 0230 offered Road-side hash, followed in 1 by Dispatcher-side hash. possible suspect -- again -- to be mentioned later.
At 0238, the 333 WLs were dark, the 334s and 335s likewise in turn. WB up Da Hill 0245, came the sounds of a breaking D-1 saying some to M427 -- the aforementioned suspect -- and then going hashed and then going D-1 out.
Up Da Hill, the 345 ELs were at Stop and the 1 WL at Clear, the yard MT. There were DS trashes on the 2 at the Timpany Boulevard UGB extending E to the ambulance company. Dunno about a marker. Over at the Wilkins Road dogleg, the cars on 2 were now Clean Harbors containers, and at 0300, there was naught visible E of the Clear 346 WL. A few minutes wait produced naught audible to the W.
The trip EB remained quiet until 0313 P&W Road hash, followed in 3 by Yard-Channel hash. At 0318, the 333 WLs were dark, and in a bit the EB staggers for 330 were at Approach and the 330.8 WBs, 330s, and GL WLs dark, and at 0328 and 0329, there was Dispatcher-side hash.
The FGs were at Stop, markerless racks on 2 W of the credit union. Looked like they might be the same as earlier. Mebbe racks are being stored as the Ford strike deepens. At 0333, the W end of East side was crammed with DS trashes and The W end of West Side still had T coaches, but no power was visible.
At 0336 and while still in a ZombieZone, there was a broken 241, only "WL," "1," and "Freight Main" clear. 3 later, the EB staggers for Derby were dark,tie still on the RVJ stub.
At 0350, D-1 fulfilled Form D G101 to the 427 with CSXT 476, they having called themselves W and Clear of Burncoat, and 1 later D-1 breakingly confirmed that somebody -- Local? TC? -- had left things the way they should be at AR.
0355. was the start of prolonged St. Albans hash, only "permission" being clear. Coulda been for 427 or a P&W. Dunno.
Naught else by the end of 0405 end of listening.
  by jaymac
 
0215-0425/10-14-2023 had some 0219 P&W Yard hash and the a long spell of quiet.
At 0245, the 333 1 WL showed a Medium Clear, dark NSs 6954, 9906, and 4155 plus the rest of a 264 sitting to the W. The 334s were at Stop with occupied tables and wells visible E, foliage blocking the view of whatever might be W. At 0254, 264 with the 6954 reached out to the B&E and got his OK to take signal indication when they were ready. All the 335s were at Stop, no marker visible to the E.
Up Da Hill, the 345s were at Stop, naught visible on the mains by the yard, the Timpany Boulevard UGB, the Wilkins Road dogleg, and E of the 346 WL, dark at 0319. The Extension and 1 had a mix of scrap gons and covered hoppers E and then a long stretch of DS trashes. 4 also had DS trashes, mebbe the same as seen in Al LaPierre's http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=276880 of 10-13, that also showed that FI-1 -- presumably -2 too -- was now 2 units.
EB, the 345s were still at Stop, a kinda long time for something EB that mighta just cleared before I first got there.
At 0325 and while I was still W of the Rte. 2 EB crest, there were a coupla spurts of Dispatcher-side hash and then another quiet spell.
At 0335, the scene at the 333 WLs was just the same as it had been 50 minutes earlier. Further E, the EB staggers for 330 showed an Approach for 1 and Clear for 2, all else dark up to and including the EB staggers for Derby at 0358, ties still above and below the RVJ stub.
At 0351, the W end of East Side had looked MT. It also looked like there had been more coaches added to those already on the W end of West Side or mebbe they'd just been shoved W. Just N again were NewBlues 5930 and 5943, meaning that -- for however long -- the B&E has predesignated the FI-1/2 parking spot. The lack of lights on the FGs had meant that the racks W of the credit union were elsewhere, so probably just longterm overflow instead of strike storage.
Radio silence would continue until 0418 and a P&W Road tone x 2, followed bythe P&W Dispatcher St. Albans answering x2, the rest silence.
  by jaymac
 
0215-0415/10-17-2023 was deep enough in hash from the usual chefs that I'll save my fingers and your eyes from a full account.
At 0247, the 333 WLs were dark, the 334s and 335s the same in sequence.
Up Da Hill, the 345 1 EL was at Clear and the yard crammed with a few scrap gons and covered hoppers on the Extension and 1 that changed to DS trashes to mebbe the W FP, boxes and tanks being visible on 2 through the gaps and then more DS trashes and whatever else on 4. The E stayed quiet and dark, and there was naught on 1 to at least a few miles W, so i guessed it was the general dampness and/or a bad relay that might be causing the lights to be lit, so I got EB.
At 0319, the 333 WLs were dark, and 4 later, a breaking FI-2 advised he was W and Clear of wherever. The EB staggers for 330 were at Approach, all else dark, up to an including the EB staggers for Derby at 0345, ties still decorating the RVJ stub.
At 0333, the W end of East Side had looked MT. T coaches had been on the W end of West Side, but the FI-1/2 parking spot MT. There had been a Main Street refueling stop, echoed a coupla miles to the S by 264 stopped on toppa the Main Street/Rte.13 UGB, the rearmost 4125 being the only IDable of the NS power.
At 0358, M427 called out to D-1 x2. 2 after that, there were CSX tones and then a both-sides-garbled convo that coulda been 427 giving train info. That was followed by Road-side and the Dispatcher-side hash, next becoming West Boylston/Boyston-sag-induced P&W garble with 427 seeking permission Barber to Worcester and St. Albans granting it.
There was brief 0414 Road-side hash, but naught further by the end of 0415 end of listening, so dunno when 427 and D-1 actually said bye.
  by jaymac
 
0210-0405/10-19-2023 was another hashapalooza, so only the clearer receptions will be noted.
At 0241, FI-3(three) told themselves they were good on the brakes and back on the pin. Naught else clear would be heard to, from, or about FI-3.
0243 was when the 333 WLs were dark, the 334s and 335s following likewise.
Up Da Hill, the 345s were at Stop, DS trashes on 2 from just W of New Switch to Pratt. The Yard was crammed, a gap in the DS trashes on 2 showing more DS trashes on all 3 yard tracks with a few covered hoppers and scrap gons to the E.
EB -- with occasional hash -- the 33 WLs were dark at 0315. The EB staggers for 330 would be at Approach, all else dark up to and including the EB staggers for Derby at 0336, ties still on the RVJ stub.
At 0329 the DS trash motif had been repeated on the W end of East Side, and the T coaches had repeated themselves on the W end of West Side, no FI-1/2 power being visible.
Curiously, the only non-contributor to hash had been CSX Boston Sub, a probable explanation coming at 0405 when D-1 told M427 with CSXT 480 that they were OK to continue W.

Edited for update: XNG noise at 0503, 0507, and 0512, appropriate both for M427 at Temple, Shrewsbury, and Burncoat Streets and for 25 MPH MAS for Worcester Sub.
  by jaymac
 
0210-0405/10-20-2023 was another hash-rich spell, things being quiet until 0225 Boston West garble.
Starting at 0235, there were a series of Dispatcher-side eruptions, 1 of which at 0243 was clear enough to have an intelligible "FI-2," so mebbe at least some of the earliers were car countdowns.
At 0248, the 333 WLs were dark, the same for the 334s and 335s.
Up Da Hill, the 345s were at Stop, and a prolonged series of public--safety incursions coulda blocked any B&E business.. The yard looked MT, and from W of New Switch, 2 had covered hoppers that included shorties, tented centerbeams being the species by the Pratt yard, and then more covered hoppers on the Timpany Boulevard UGB. E of New Switch sat dark and light KCIRs 7535(E) and 7517, raising the possibility that this might be a dedicated P&W turn. Anyone know if that's in the works?
There was occasional EB hash, mebbe more public safety.
At 0319, the 333 WLs were dark, and 3 later, the B&E answered FI-2 who served up some hash. The EB staggers for 330 were at Approach and the 330.8 WBs, 330s and GL WLs dark.
At 0328, the FI-2 C told the E that that was far enough. The FGs were dark, DS trashes on 2 either side of the WLs and changing into tanks on the Intervale Road UGB. There was power just E of the FG ELs, and at 0335, the FI-2 C told the E to drop the 3 and start back about 15, 1-5. The DS trashes that were there started going E, but the T coaches on West Side blocked the IDs of the 2 white-roofed NewBlues doing the shove. The countdown continued to 0340.
At 0344, the EB staggers for Derby were dark and the ties the same. That was also the time that the B&E called out to a Foreman, naught further getting to me.
0351 was when somebody called out a Restricting, and amid a spell of Yard-Channel hash came a clear "LA-3."
At 0405, St. Albans started breakage with somebody about Greenwood, so unlikely that there was any 426/7 involvement. The CSX Boston Sub was quiet, too.
  by jaymac
 
0215-0410/10-23-2023 found the scanner not in the giving vein, neither in quantity nor in quality. There was brief 0226 hash on the T Worcester channel, but that -- given the little space between them --mighta been Yard Channel or -- just as likely -- spurious.
There would be a few broken Channel 1 convos, but whether they might involve a C&E or a train and the B&E was uncertain because Mount Wachusett woulda been a factor for those times.
At 0247, the 333 WLs were dark, the 334s and 335s showing solidarity.
Up Da Hill, at 0300, public safety encroachments overrode any possible D-1/ D-2/B&E activity. The 345s were dark. 2 in the yard had a mix of covered hoppers, unplacarded tanks, and DS trashes from the midpoint of Chair City Oil W to the Pratt yard, and 4 had covered hoppers and more DS trashes plus hoonose what else from the E FP to however far W. Dunno if a potential buyer had been in the Jade, but the outside standalone sign was lit.
EB, the 333 WLs were dark at 0319. Further E, the EB staggers for 330 were at Approach, but the 330.8 WBs , 330s, and GL Wls dark.
The FGs WLs were at Stop, markerless racks on 2 W of the Credit Union. At 0335, the W end of East Side looked MT, the same for the FI-1/2 parking spot, the T coaches still still on the W end of West Side.
At 0341, the EB staggers for Derby were dark, ties still on toppa the stub.
At 0350, the Channel 1 hash exchanges cleared up just enough to hear the B&E give mebbe-FI-2 permission to reverse direction and go E on 2 to CPF AY. Coulda been someone else, but it woulda been about the right time for a return from Arrowhead.
Save for 0405 Dispatcher-side hash, there was naught else by the end of 0410 end of listening. Also in the Naught Department, there was naught from either the P&W or CSX Boston Sub, a rare event.
  by jaymac
 
0215/0420/10-25-2023 started at the the start with a breaking B&E giving AY-3 with the 75?? permission to reverse direction from where they stood and proceed W to CPF WL, suggesting a runaround was in progress.
In another bit, P&W Yard and then Road hash would start and continue. There would even be some CSX Boston Sub hash towards the end, but naught clear that was related to M426/7.
At 0247, the 333 WLs were at Stop, but naught visible or audible E or W, so I continued W. The 334s were dark, suggesting that mebbe an EB had been missed. The 335 ELs, however were at Stop, the Single WL at Medium Approach and the Controlled Siding WL at Stop.. By 0300, the W started getting bright and loud, and at 0304, NS 6957, a UP, and another NS had gotten a not-long 264 E of the 335 ELs and MP. The wells -- no tables -- were mostly occupied and that by Hunts and EMPs.
Up Da Hill, the 345s were all at Stop, a presumed 16R with dark NSs 6959, 7519, and 4020 having done that on 1. Covered hoppers were the dominant visible species.
The EB trip was quiet until 0323 and 0325 Road-side hash, and at 0328, the 333 WLs were dark. With the mebbe-16R sitting on 1 in Gardner and providing easy access to the yard, the earlier Stops at the 333 mighta been holding a WB at the 333 ELs until 264 got E.
The EB staggers for 330 were at Approach and all else dark, up to and including the EB staggers for Derby at 0348, ties still on the RVJ stub.
At 0333, there had been Yard-Channel hash, and then at 0338, the B&E had answered 264 who garbled about cab-signal issues at Camp, the B&E thanking them for the hedzup.
At 0342 and from N to S, NewBlues 5943 and 5930 and then the T coaches were on the W end of West Side, the W end of East Side looking MT.
At 0350, there was Dispatcher-side hash in the Nashua Street ZombieZone, and 6 later a both-sides-breaking B&E/264 convo.
0415 would feature somebody calling out a Restricting on Yard Channel, probably 264's C since things would clear up enough for 264's car countdowns to be clear for the balance of listening.
  by jaymac
 
0210-0420/10-27-2023 was on the quiet side, P&W Yard hash starting things off at 0216, followed by the P&W St. Albans Dispatcher garble at 0218. Most receptions, clear and otherwise, would be P&Ws. More unclarity was contributed at 0223 on the CSX Boston Sub channel, mebbe -- but only mebbe -- 427 getting a mention.
0239 gave out same Road-side hash, followed in 2 by a Road-side "FI-2.," and 5 later, the 333 WLs were dark, " for the 334s and 335s.
Up Da Hill, the 345s were at Stop and the yard crammed. The Extension and 1 had covered hoppers, a few LPGs, and then DS trash at the Pratt yard. What was visible of 2 and 4 seemed to be mixed general. The Timpany Boulevard UGB was MT, but there were boxes at the Wilkins Road dogleg. At 0319, the 346 WL was at Stop, lit number boards to the E.
At 0323, the 333 WLs were dark, and 1 later. Boston West was good enough to prove that the scanner was still working.
The EB staggers for 330 were at Approach, but all else dark, up to and including the EB staggers for Derby at 0351, tie/RVJ stub status seeming the same.
At 0338, the W end of East Side had had at least 2 dark Ponies. The W end of West Side had had the T coaches, but only NewBlue 5930 was in the FI-1/2 parking spot.
At 0401, P&W ???? called out to CSX M438, but went into garble, naught else heard from anyone by the 0420 end of listening
  by jaymac
 
0214-0415/11-01-2023 started off with the B&E asking M427 with the CSXT 484 if they were stopped at 312 and then issuing a Single-W-to-1 241 that got repeated. 6 later, there was some Dispatcher-side hash, a substance that would be plentiful.
There was 0234 P&W Yard garble about somebody talking with WX-3, so mebbe not M426.
There was 0242 Yard-Channel garble, "Track 11," ""pickups," "setoffs," and "Still River" being clear, so guessing either the B&E or YM side of a convo with 427.
At 0256, there was Boston East hash, followed in 1 by B&E breakage to AY-3 that had something about EDPO and FI-2,. Naught further to, from, or about AY-3 would get to me, so mebbe they'd be tying down on the loop.
There would be B&E Channel 1 hash at 0246, and 3 later, the 333 WLs were dark, as would be the 334s and 335s.
Up Da Hill, the 345s were at Stop and the yard crammed, mixed general with lotsa covered hoppers, an MT centerbeam visible on 4 through the gaps. The mains looked MT downtown, at the Wilkins Road dogleg, and E of the 346 WL, a Stop showing at 0315.
EB at 0325 was the start of a long spell of intermittent Yard-Channel hash. When elevation, topography, and distance permitted, 427 was IDable. Dunno about anybody else.
At 0330, the 333 WLs were dark. The EB staggers for 330 were at Approach, all else up to and including the FGs dark.
At 0343, the W end of East Side looked MT, The W end of West Side had the T coaches, but no visible or audible FI-1/2 power.
There was D-2 garble about WA at 0345, and 4 later, the RVJ yard was active, so there was no viewing of the EB staggers for Derby, but the stub tie status seemed the same.
Intermittent Yard-Channel garble continued until preempted by a period of CSXT Boston Sub hash that started at 0406.
The last clarity outta the speaker was at 0414 -- "427, you can drop the 3," probably from the midpoint or W in the yard, given that degree of clarity in my backyard.
  by neman2
 
Some additions from 0448 to 0620 today.

At 0448 FI-2 got OK for Arrowhead to Fitchburg from B+E
Shortly after FI-3 got ok for runaround at WL from B+E, milling switch lined and locked normal.
At 0454 M427 with the CSXT 484 got a form D WOR 1 to Burncoat . After confirmation D1 told 427 they would be relieved by a CSX crew at Still River and they are set back 4 hrs tomorrow to 20:00. This is the second time I've heard this crew change at Still River.

At 0502 D2 called EDPO with an "ok on signal indication" location unknown.

At 0618 hours CSX MP 126 defect detector gave a "no defects, total axles 18" to somebody.
  by jaymac
 
0210-0410/11-02-2023 started with the P&W Dispatcher St. Albans telling the WOGR crew to give ???? a call. WOGR was close enough that I could hear them say they would. At 0216, there was Dispatcher-side hash while in the Boylston/West Boylston sag, but dunno if the 2 were related. 17 after that, there was more Dispatcher-side hash while I was in the lee of Mount Wachusett. 2 after that, there was even more hash, but this time on Yard Channel.
At 0243, the 333 WLs were dark, as would be the 334s and 335s.
Up Da Hill, the 345s were at Stop, and the yard looked remarkably similar to 11-01. Happy dancing, WOGR crew! The Wilkins Road dogleg was MT, and I didn't go any further W.
EB at 0315, radio silence was temporally broken by P&W Yard hash. 0330 was when the 333 WLs were dark and a brief spurt of Road-side hash got heard. What got heard 1 after that was 16R with NS 6951 asking the B&E if the trashes and racks were going to 2, the B&E saying yes, but FI-2 had a move to make 1st.
The EB staggers for 330 showed an Approach for 1 and Stop for 2. The 330.8 WBs and the 330s were dark, The GL WLs were at Stop, naught visible E, and the FG WLs were at Stop, naught visible to the immediate W. Dunno whether it was a short 16R to the W on 1 -- the Stops on the GL WLs -- or 16R was already E and waiting to shove. At 0334, NewBlues 5930 and 502 were hauling W on 1 over the Intervale Road UGB. 2 later, the W end of East Side looked MT, the T coaches still on the W end of West Side. 1 later came "FI-2, 35 to go, 3-5." FI-2 would be busy on Channel 1, so no idea what else I might notta gotten.
0341 would produce a "Far enough, FI-2," darkness on the EB staggers for Derby, and sameness on the RVJ stub.
Fi-2 continued active while I was in range, the last reception being yet more P&W Yard hash at 0405.
  by jaymac
 
0200-0410/11-03-2023 started off at 0204 with more P&W Yard activity than I'd heard in a bit. The was some Yard Channel hash at 0206 to interrupt the P&W hash, and at 0215, there was more Yard Channel -- now a garble -- that had "??-3." Coulda been AY-3, but FI-3 would be Intermittently IDable later and right up to the end.
At 0232, there was a "Anywhere there will be good, FI-2(two)," more about whom later. 2 after that, the 333 WLs were dare, as would be the 334s and 335s.
Up Da Hill, the 345s were at Stop, the Yard MT and -- E-W -- KCIR 7489, NewBlue 3402, and KCIR 7535 were dark and light on the 1 by the ex-Jade and lower lots, BERX stenciling visible on the cabs.
EB and at 0256, Yard Channel hash returned. 4 later, the 333 WLs were dark, and 2 after that, Boston West was clearer than the B&E and Ds 1 and 2 would be from the same spot. Warning -- More radio drama lies ahead.
The EB staggers for 330 were at Approach, all else dark, up to and including the EB staggers for Derby at 0324, the stub ties seeming the same.
At 0316, the W end of East Side had looked MT. The W end of West Side still had had the T coaches, and just N sat -- E-W -- NewBlues 502 and 5930 had been in the FI-1/2 parking spot.
The Nashua Street ZombieZone produced some Dispatcher-side hash at 0324, and 3 after that, Yard Channel clarity came from the FI-3 C or U with an OK to take it ahead. 1 after that, Mount Wachusett blocked reception of whomever D-1 was calling out to.
At 0331, D-1 called out again, but a change in position allowed "M426" to be heard. D-1 asked if the new crew was on board, said he did not copy, and asked again. This got rerepeated with the request to call him on the phone. Not trying to trigger anyone traumatized by English class, but you've just read the literary device of foreshadowing, far more than a hint of what will follow. D-1 issued Form D G104 to CSXT 8831 for E from Burncoat on the Single to MP WOR1. I had gotten close enough to hear 426's readback, but D-1 couldn't hear them. G104 got repeated at 0339, as did D-1's questions about whether they copied. By now, I'd stopped roadside just S of the Temple Street XNG so I could continue to hear both sides.
At 0341, D-1 cancelled G104 and started on G105, "started" because the air went dead when "MP WOR1" shoulda come outta the speaker. x2 at 0344, then at 0345 and again at 0346, D-1 called out to M426, finally getting through and asking for a readback of G105, 426 advising D-1 that he'd cut out 1/2 way through. G105 got repeated, read back, and made effective at 0348, 426 adding the next stop was Still River. Guessing that the steel structure for the West Boylston Street/Rte. 12 bridge coulda been complicating D-1's reception of the standing M426. The D-1 dead air? Dunno. 426 was on the move, and so was 1.
FI-3 was keeping the Yard Channel busy, and at 0359, D-1 advised 426 there'd be no work at Ayer and to head to Westford.
At 0400, there was Shrewsbury Street XNG noise, and add 5 for Temple Street.
0406 was when the CSX 18.2 got vocal, 2 later for a no defects and 454 total axles, 426 acknowledging.
I'd been waiting in the driveway for the last several, so I got some sense and went inside. Wonder when the Kitty Cat will get some sense and tend to comms.
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